One thing I absolutely wanted to do on Zanzibar this year was to improve my photos of Crab plovers. Last year, I had happened to bring a lens without a stabilizer and I returned from the expedition to Chwaka Bay without any reasonable photos at all. And because the Crab plover is a remarkable wader in many ways, I was extra keen pon getting it documented. How about a bill that is more like that of a tern? Or that it nests in burrows, laying a single egg, and being able to leave it for up to 58 hours? Or that the chicks cannot walk at birth? The species breeds on islands (and some beaches) in the Indian Ocean and one must therefore know where to find it, and on Chwaka Bay, Zanzibar, it is fairly frequent. So, I went there with another equipment this time, but arrived so early that the pictures were grainy. Only when I placed myself out in the sea water (with the sun in my back) and took pictures at around seven o'clock, I got acceptable results. Here is a Crab plover utilizing its special technique to get at the crab meat: it keeps the crab between the mandibles, then opens the bill quickly and before the crab falls off, closes it with a snap, and thus crushes det shell of the crab!